Music

Dawn Mac has come out of the chute hot with her new agency, Behind The Mic Entertainment. Last week she announced the new venture, with Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome as her initial client, and now comes news that she has

Bluegrass songwriters have until midnight May 15 (Eastern time) to submit entries for the second annual Circa Blue Fest Songwriting Contest. The contest is held in conjunction with the 3rd Annual Circa Blue Fest, June 7-10, in Martinsburg, WV. Cash prizes

Pinecastle has released a debut single from their first album for Nightflyer, due later this year. The southwestern Ohio band plays contemporary bluegrass, driven by the Gospel-tinged vocals of guitarist Richard Propps. Rick Hayes is on mandolin, with Tony Kakaris on bass,

Friday afternoon at MerleFest, the finals were held for the 2018 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest. Finalists had been announced earlier this month, chosen from among the hundreds of submissions received during the eligibility period. Yesterday the writers performed their songs before

The civic center in West Jefferson, NC was the site this past Saturday when Mountain Fever Records artists ClayBank assembled to celebrate the release of their new album, No Escape. Friends and fans filled the halls to hear the guys perform

It is quite common knowledge that Grateful Dead psychedelic guitar-playing icon Jerry Garcia was in his youth a follower of folk and bluegrass music.  A recent (August 2016) release, The Hart Valley Drifters’ Folk Time was described as a “Nice find”

Cody Kilby teaching guitar at DelFest Academy Plenty of folks knows about the big DelFest hootenanny, held each spring in Cumberland, MD, and hosted by none other than Del McCoury. All sorts of artists perform at the festival, culled from Del

April 14 was a big day for The Allegheny Drifters. After 15 years performing together, the day was proclaimed as Allegheny Drifters Day by the Mayor of their home town of Pittsburgh. The band played an anniversary concert that day, complete with

Brien Fain, a popular old time banjoist from Stuart, VA, died on April 18 following a prolonged illness. He was 46 years of age. A native of Virginia's Patrick County, Fain was at least a seventh-generation mountain musician, growing up in

Pinecastle Records has released a single from one of their more recent signees, The King James Boys from Cowpens, South Carolina. The Boys perform a hybrid style, blending Southern Gospel harmony with contemporary bluegrass instrumentation. Their first Pinecastle project, Time To